Outdoor Adventure USA

You can also do what I do, 11" black zip tie wrapped around the rubber part of the latches, adjusted to allow the hood latches to just clamp on, but no stretch allowed. I also removed the hood spring whose only purpose was to make the hood lift easier when opening. Works fine and cheap too, just ...

Bob here, K6RDF.
Thanks for the board. Surprised I never found it before, since I have been a Ham for several years and off-roader since the 80's.
Glad to be here.

My current rig (not quite up to date):